Kin discrimination increases with genetic distance in a social amoeba

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2376-2382

  Ostrowski, Elizabeth A ^a   Katoh, Mariko ^b   Shaulsky, Gad ^a,b   Queller, David C ^a   Strassmann, Joan E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MATURATION; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; FRUITING BODY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; KIN SELECTION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; STARVATION; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 56849104140     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060287     Document Type: Article

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